The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional and Ray-Singer invariants
Abstract
The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional is defined and studied. It is shown that analytic torsion and similar invariants can be interpreted as partition functions of quadratic functionals.
- Publication:
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Letters in Mathematical Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00406412
- Bibcode:
- 1978LMaPh...2..247S
- Keywords:
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- Statistical Physic;
- Partition Function;
- Group Theory;
- Analytic Torsion;
- Quadratic Functional